Attachment for lawn mowers



April 8, 1930. wfEDwARDs 7 1,753,558

ATTACHMENT 30R LAWN MOWERS Filed July 23,. 1928 my 6. F/g'. 4

o v J /u EDWARDS.

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 8, 1930 r v i i UNITED STATES PATENFT'OFFICE" Application filed July 23, 1928 Serial No. 294,619.

My invention consists in new and useful able means such as bolts or screws may be improvements in an attachment for lawn employed for securing said strips to the mowers and has for its object to provide a frame of the mower. As clearly shown in device which may be easily applied to the Figures 1 and 4, these strips 8 and 9 extend conventional type of lawn mower to facilivertically for a portion of their length and 55 tate its operation and to equalize and disare then bentinwardly, being bifurcated at tribute the force employed in pushing the their upper extremities as at 10. These bifursame over a lawn. cated portions 10 are adapted to removably Heretofore, lawn mowers, particularly of engage the horizontal portions of the bail 7 10 the cheaper grade have encountered considof handle 6, whereby when a forward and 60 erable difficulty in cutting heavy grass, in downward pressure is applied to the handle that due totheir lightness of structure, their 6, said pressure will be equally distributed berear ends would buck up leaving anunevenly tween the front portion of the frame of the cut or undulated lawn. j mower carrying the wheels 2 and the rear It is the object of my invention to overcome portion of the same, adjacent the roller 5.

, this difficulty, andt-o this end I have pro It will be noted that the bail 7 of the hanvided aset of equalizers adapted to be mountdle 6 is in no way permanently secured to ed at the rear end of the lawnmower, to enthe strips 8 and 9, but merely rests in the gage the bail of the handle, whereby the bifurcationslO, and may be raised or lowered V pushing force is equally distributed and the if desired. To

lawn mower maintained in an even cutting It is obvious that with my improved equalposition. izer, any conventional lawn mower may be ef- VVith the above and other objects in view ficiently employed for cutting lawns of varywhich will appear as the description proceeds, ing thickness, leaving asmooth and even cut 7 my invention consists in the novel features throughout. I 75 herein set forth, illustrated in the accom- From the foregoing it is believed that my panying drawing and more particularly invention may be clearly understood by those pointed out in the appended claims. skilled in the art without further description,

Referring to the drawing, in which numer- 1t belng borne in mind that numerous changes als of like character designate similarparts may be made in the details of construction throughout the several views, without departing from the spirit of the in- Figure 1 is a perspective view from the vention, as set forth in the following claims. rear end of the lawn mower showing my im- What I claim and desire to secure by Letproved attachment applied thereto. ters Patent is: Figure2 is aview in side elevation, l. A.n equalizer for lawn mowers, com- Figure 3 is an enlarged side view of one of prlslng a plurality of strips of suitable mamy improved equalizers, and terlal adapted to be secured at their lower Figure 4 is a view at right angle to Figure ends to the rear portion of the frame of said 3 showing the right and left members of the lawn mower, said strips extending upwardly, i0 equalizer. their upper ends loosely engaging the bail 9. In the drawing 1 represents a conventional of the handle of the mower, whereby the lawn mower comprising the usual wheels 2, pushing'force supplied to said handle is discutting blades 3, frame 4, roller 5, handle 6 tributed between the front and rear portions and handle bail 7 secured to the frame 4. of the lawn mower frame and the rear end 8 and 9 represent respectively the left and prevented from bucking up. 5 right equalizers embodying my invention 2. An equalizer as claimed in claim 1, which consist of vertically extending strips wherein said strips are bifurcated at their upof iron or other suitable metal, removably seper ends to engage the handle bail. cured at their lower ends to the frame 4, im- 3. 'An equalizer as claimed in claim 1 V 56 mediately adjacent the roller 5. Any suitwherein one of said strips isapplied to each 93 side of the mower frame adjacent the roller, said strips extending upwardly for a portion of their length, then being bent inwardly toward one another and bifurcated at their upper extremities to engage the handle bail.

4. An attachment for lawn mowers comprising a strip of suitable material, means for securing said strip at its lower end to the rear end of the frame of said lawn mower its 10 upper end being bifurcated for loosely engaging the handle bail of themoweig whereby the pushing force applied to the handle is evenly distributed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. WVILL EDWVARDS. 

